New Delhi , April 23, 2013
India moves in more troops, stand-off with China escalates
The Indian army has moved an infantry regiment specialising in mountain warfare to Ladakh’s Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector where the Chinese army has intruded into Indian territory and set up a tent post. The ITBP has also pitched a tent post just across from the one erected by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), after it intruded 10km inside Indian territory on April 15.
The Indian government is playing down the intrusion with external affairs minister Salman Khurshid saying flag meetings were being held, but sources in the ministry of defence revealed that the situation was tense.
The two sides are caught in a bitter face-off with the Chinese refusing to retreat, claiming the territory to be theirs. In a deep incursion, a platoon strength of the Chinese army, comprising 50 men have entrenched themselves in eastern Ladakh at a height of nearly 17,000 feet.
In the past too, the PLA has intruded into Indian territory across the line of actual control (LAC), not very well demarcated at many places.
In 2011, members of the PLA landed in Ladakh in a helicopter and broke a few bunkers before retreating but this is the first time the stand-off has continued for a week.
A senior defence ministry official confirmed to HT that the intrusions have increased over the past few months because India has moved its tanks into high-altitude areas of Ladakh and even deployed heavy armoury. Recently, India also reactivated the advanced landing ground (ALG) for troop replenishment.
“Our troops are patrolling the Chinese side of the LAC and have not trespassed the line,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in Beijing, adding, “China is willing to solve the boundary question through peaceful negotiations.”
In Delhi, an effort is being made to contain the confrontation especially since the new Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to visit India. For now, Delhi is working the phone lines – a line of communication agreed upon under the recently set up Mechanism on Coordination and Consultation on Border Affairs.
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China denies Ladakh incursion, says media speculated
In a past too, a PLA has intruded into Indian domain opposite a line of tangible control (LAC), not really good demarcated during many places.
In 2011, members of a PLA landed in Ladakh in a helicopter and pennyless a few bunkers before retreating though this is a initial time a event has continued for a week.
A comparison counterclaim method central reliable to HT that a intrusions have increasing over a past few months given India has changed a tanks into high-altitude areas of Ladakh and even deployed complicated armoury. Recently, India also reactivated a modernized alighting belligerent (ALG) for couple replenishment.
“Our infantry are patrolling a Chinese side of a LAC and have not trespassed a line,” China’s unfamiliar method orator Hua Chunying pronounced in Beijing, adding, “China is pacific to solve a range doubt by pacific negotiations.”
In Delhi, an bid is being done to enclose a fight generally given a new Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to revisit India. For now, Delhi is operative a phone lines – a line of communication concluded on underneath a recently set adult Mechanism on Coordination and Consultation on Border Affairs.
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India downplays Chinese incursion
NEW DELHI: The government reacted cautiously to reports about the latest Chinese incursion into Ladakh, where Beijing is said to have erected tents 10 km into Indian territory, by recalling that the two countries have varying perceptions of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Senior government sources said that the matter has been taken up with the Chinese through the working mechanism for consultation and coordination between the two nations for border affairs.
"This is an area where there have been differing perceptions of the Line of Actual Control. Incidents do occur and are resolved peacefully on the basis of bilateral agreements which exist and mechanisms provided for in these agreements," said a government source.
"Both sides are in touch on this availing the working mechanism for consultation and coordination on India-China border affairs which is headed by joint secretary (East Asia) in the ministry of external affairs and the director general border affairs of the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs. We are confident that the current incident too will also be peacefully resolved on this basis," he added.
A platoon-strength contingent of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) came 10 km inside the Indian territory in Burthe in DBO (Daulat Beg Oldi) sector, which is at an altitude of about 17,000 feet, on the night of April 15 and established a tented post there, according to highly-placed sources that said a PLA platoon usually consists of around 50 men.
A brainchild of former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the working mechanism was finalized last year at the conclusion of the 15th meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) on the boundary question between national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon and Chinese state councillor Dai Bingguo.
Under the mechanism, the two sides "undertake other tasks that are mutually agreed upon by the two sides but will not discuss resolution of the boundary question or affect the Special Representatives mechanism."
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